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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L774-15

…2013 L. 519-6 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 519-6-1 Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 519-11, with the exception of the second paragraph of I, L. 519-12 to L. 519-17 Law no. 2021-402 of 8 Ap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L775-14

…2013 L. 519-6 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 519-6-1 Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 519-11, with the exception of the second paragraph of I, L. 519-12 to L. 519-17 Law no. 2021-402 of 8 Ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-25

…uments, updated as necessary, presented in accordance with the order referred to in Article R. 5121-11: 1° Chemical, pharmaceutical and biological data ; 2° The results of pre-clinical tests and clini…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies

…fit of this article is reserved for companies that are set up from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2023 in regional aid areas, provided that the registered office and all of the business and operatin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

…more of the following purposes : a) Shares, with the exception of those mentioned in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Code, or company investment certificates, cooperative investment certifi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

…product of :a) The value of the auxiliary accounting assets, valued as described in articles R. 343-11 and R. 343-12 ; b) The ratio between the individual rights of the member calculated on the same t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-5

…n Article L. 312-7 that it held; in this case, the sums corresponding to these certificates shall remain the property of the Fonds de Garantie des Dépôts et de Résolution. If necessary, the Autorité d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…article L. 515-36 du code de l'environnement ou mentionnée à l'article L. 211-2 du code minier; 9° Membre d'une commission paritaire d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter

I a. Where the beneficiaries of the income from movable capital referred to in articles 108 to 119,238 septies Band 1678 bis are required, under the provisions of the tax legislation, to submit, for t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-54

…the articles 74, 74-1 and 80-4 ;2° Searches for identification purposes, provided for by Article 16-11 of the Civil Code, of deceased persons whose identity could not be established, with the exceptio…

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